RIP Phife

[cj hood]

Haven't felt this bummed since MCA passed...

[Sir SkratchaLot]

What? Damn :(

[Micodin]

8 Million Stories on repeat. RIP Phife Dawg.

[CatchaGroove]

It's been a tough few days...but loving the tributes from friends and fans.

One of the better written pieces I've seen:

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/postscript-phife-dawg-1970-2016

last paragraph...

"Now, like Jam Master Jay of Run-D.M.C. and MCA of the Beastie Boys, Phife Dawg has rendered A Tribe Called Quest as immortal as they’d always appeared to be. Their conflicts and contradictions are unresolved, their catalogue is frozen, and their final performances are just that. But the songs will continue to unwind for generations of fans, specifically for how knotty and tangled they were, reflective of a group of young men that above all else refused to be defined—first as a novelty, and now as a legacy."

[brooklyndust]

It's been a tough few days...but loving the tributes from friends and fans.

One of the better written pieces I've seen:

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/postscript-phife-dawg-1970-2016

last paragraph...

"Now, like Jam Master Jay of Run-D.M.C. and MCA of the Beastie Boys, Phife Dawg has rendered A Tribe Called Quest as immortal as they’d always appeared to be. Their conflicts and contradictions are unresolved, their catalogue is frozen, and their final performances are just that. But the songs will continue to unwind for generations of fans, specifically for how knotty and tangled they were, reflective of a group of young men that above all else refused to be defined—first as a novelty, and now as a legacy."


Nice!

[CatchaGroove]

Egotripland did a nice job putting together these links...

http://www.egotripland.com/other-peoples-posts-r-i-p-phife-dawg-edition/#more-46855

[YoungRemy]

8 Million Stories on repeat. RIP Phife Dawg.


God Lives Through, here. RIP

Are there any famous or known photos of Beasties and Tribe together?

[cj hood]

God Lives Through, here. RIP

Are there any famous or known photos of Beasties and Tribe together?

both tracks are my favorite on that record...

[YoungRemy]

SNL- that's how you tribute a fallen founder.

I was really nervous that they were going to send in a replacement rapper or collection of connected mc's or some hologram shit, and I was just really curious how they were gonna pull off that SNL performance, especially since they ended up performing two new tracks off the new album.

they couldn't have paid homage and tribute any better, by piping in Phife's lyrics and just honoring him and the giant image of him. At one point they were holding the microphone up to his image, it was really moving and inspiring.

[M|X|Y]

Yeah really inspiring.. still puts a lump in my throat on my 3000th watch:
https://streamable.com/ekei

At the same time it makes me happy to hear important music with real heart still being made. Makes me want them to go on.

[cj hood]

SNL- that's how you tribute a fallen founder.

I was really nervous that they were going to send in a replacement rapper or collection of connected mc's or some hologram shit, and I was just really curious how they were gonna pull off that SNL performance, especially since they ended up performing two new tracks off the new album.

they couldn't have paid homage and tribute any better, by piping in Phife's lyrics and just honoring him and the giant image of him. At one point they were holding the microphone up to his image, it was really moving and inspiring.

Agree. The new record's legit!

[Sir SkratchaLot]

Yeah really inspiring.. still puts a lump in my throat on my 3000th watch:
https://streamable.com/ekei

At the same time it makes me happy to hear important music with real heart still being made. Makes me want them to go on.

This was the one! So ill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cj hood]

Tip should have asked Adrock to be on the record.

[WesleyOHSnaps!]

Tip should have asked Adrock to be on the record.

That would of been cool, but the albums is fantastic regardless